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A Chief Magistrate Court, Ebute Meta, Lagos, on Monday remanded a 23-year-old woman, Stella Peter, in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife. 

Peter is being served one count charge of murder. 

She pleaded to the charge but Magistrate A. O. Komolafe did not take her plea.

According to the prosecutor, Insp. Kehinde Olatunde, the accused committed the offence on September 17 at 6:00am at Tejuosho, Yaba, Lagos.

He claimed that the defendant stabbed her husband, Bala Haruna, on his back with a kitchen knife during a short fight, adding that Haruna later died as a result of the stabbing.

He said, “The defendant had asked her husband for her daily stipend and this led to an exchange of hot words

“The deceased and the defendant got into a fight and in a bid to defend herself, she took up a knife and stabbed him on his back.”

Meanwhile, Magistrate Komalafe ordered that the accused be remanded in prison pending legal advice from the state Director of Public Prosecutions. 

She, however, adjourned the case till Oct. 21. 

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The management of the University of Benin on Monday cancelled a symposium for students titled “Is Nigeria ripe for a revolution?”

The event was organised by students of the Department of International Studies.

An undergraduate of the institution, who confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters, said, “Students were really anticipating the debate because the topic is of national interest these days.

“All of a sudden, the management came and ordered the students to cancel the debate because of the topic, they told students to choose another topic and another day for the event.”

When our correspondent asked one of the organisers if the symposium would still hold in the coming days, he said, “We are making contacts with other members to see how we can still make the debate hold and even bigger by partnering with the Coalition for Revolution.

“Meanwhile, the event may have to hold outside the university campus since the school’s management wants to dictate to students how to breathe before giving them a breathing space.

“Hopefully, our plans will go accordingly and we will not allow the management dictate to us what to discuss and what not to especially when the discourse is a national issue which would shape the country and give us the kind of country young people want.”

 

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Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has approved the release of 18 prisoners in five facilities across the state.

This was made known through a statement by the Director General of Media and Communications, Solomon Kumangar.

The statement reads, “In commemoration of Nigeria’s 59th independence anniversary, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has signed an executive order approving the release of 18 prisoners serving various jail terms in five correctional facilities across Adamawa State.

“This is pursuant to the governor’s power of prerogative of mercy under Section 22 (I)(d) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

The statement named locations of the correctional facilities from which inmates are to be released as Numan, Yola, Ganye, Jada and Kojoli, and said documents giving effects to the governor’s executive order had already been dispatched to the facilities.

 

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Armed operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrived the federal high court in Abuja ahead of the arraignment of the human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, for alleged treasonable felony and cyberstalking President Muhammadu Buhari.

The operatives who arrived the court in a black Hilux vehicle were seen moving around and inspecting the premises alongside a court security guard.
 

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A federal high court sitting in Lagos has granted the request of the registered trustees of the Centre for Law and Civil Culture for the judicial review of an order of mandamus compelling the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to publish the properties recovered from the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Force, Abdul-Rasheed Maina.

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo, who gave the order, also granted the CLCC trustees an extension of time to file an ex parte application to seek the court’s leave for an order of mandamus against Malami and the anti-graft agency over the recovered items.

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The Katsina State government has hinted of plans to negotiate the
release of 20 of its indigenes, who were kidnapped and sold to Burkina
Faso as slaves, following their abduction by bandits.

The victims, The Guardian reports, were sold to a human trafficker in
the Benin Republic, who then resold them to another buyer in Burkina
Faso.

Burkina Faso is reported to be a “country of origin, transit, and
destination for persons, mostly children, subjected to human
trafficking, specifically forced labour and prostitution”.

A source familiar with the issue explained that the victims were
“kidnapped in Kankara Council Area and sold to a woman in Cotonou, who
in turn sold them to another slave merchant in Burkina Faso".

The newspaper noted that the location of the victims was discovered
following an interface Governor Aminu Bello Masari had with some
repentant bandits in eight council areas of the state.

The council areas are, Jibia, Faskari, Danmusa, Kankara, Safana,
Sabuwa, Dandume, and Batsari, and they share a border with Rugu
forest, a dreaded hideout for bandits.

Like several others in the north-west geopolitical zone, Katsina is
faced with security challenges occasioned by activities of bandits,
kidnappers and cattle rustlers.

The challenge has led to significant loss of lives and property, with
several kidnap-for-ransom cases, which often ended up with some of the
victims never returning home due to relations’ inability to pay
ransoms.

But the state government’s interface with some of the repentant
bandits had seen a significant reduction in cases of banditry,
rustling, and kidnapping in the affected council areas.

Special Adviser to the governor on Drugs, Narcotics and Human
Trafficking, Hamza Borodo, confirmed the incident but declined to give
details, adding that he would soon travel to Burkina Faso to negotiate
the release of the 20 victims.

“Yes, I will be traveling to Burkina Faso this weekend to negotiate
their release, but I won’t give you details until I return,” he said.

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The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed that five persons were killed in a fresh clash between Tiv and Jukun in Donga Local Government Area of Taraba State.

The spokesperson for the command, David Misal, told Daily Trust that following the clash, a deputy police commissioner led a team to restore peace and order.

Details of the clash were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report.

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